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A Wise Decision. Canadian taxpayers will be re- lieved at the decision to junk pro- ‘duction of the Arrow jet interceptor about which there has been so much talk. By the time the cancellation fee is paid, this program, begun un-
‘der the St. Laurent regime, will have
eost the public treasury about $500, 000,000. The future of the weapon war in doubt as-soon as it became evident that the original cost esti- mate (of more than $200,000,000 for development) was going to double and that the per unit cost for pro- duction would more than triple. New theré ts no question on that score. But the chief objection was put in a nutshell by Mr. Diefenbaker on Friday when he said that the scheme “had been overtaken by events.” The plane was unveiled on October 4, 1957—the same day on which the Russians put ‘the first manmade earth satellite in orbit.
. Neither Opposition Leader Pear- son nor CCF House Leader Hazen Argue has criticised the Govern- ment’s decision. Both have emphas- ized the need for co-operation with the United States in air defense pre- duction; and this is what the Govern- ment is doing. The U.S. will pay two- thirds of the cost of installing in Canada the American Bomare anti- aircraft missile system. In place of nine RCAF -CF-100_ interceptor squadrons, Canada will have two Bomare bases. whose weapons end control equipment will be developed in the U.S. It is expected, however, that Canadian companies wil! get a “fair and reasonable” share of pro- duction contracts for this equipment.
Considering our population and geographical position, this depend- ence on our American neighbors is something which exists in anv case. Tt is not from that source that we have any reason to contemplate arm- ed aggression. We have mutual! in- terests in maintaining our democra- tie freedom, and the only realistic way of doing this is by working in common. It is not true therefore to gay that military requirement is being sacrificed for cost in the pres- ent instance. Cost can never be sepa- rated from the military problem in this age of nuclear missiles. Our defense budget will. still be fantasti- cally high; but at least it may now be possible to shoulder it without ruining the country financially.
Reassuring Forecast There is encouragemnt for our
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E. S Manning, managing director of the Meat Packers Council of Canada, in addressing a Montreal section of the Agricultural Institute last week. Mr. Manning saw a bright future for the livestock industry both in the “short and long term view.” He at-
tributed the long range optimism to |
population trends in Canada and the United States. The two countries are together adding some 3,000,000 peo- ple to the populatioh annually— equivalent to the number of people in the cities of Montreal and Toronto.
A forecast of the increases points to 244 million people in Canada and the United States by 1975. To pro- vide meat for this increase will mean 1,250,000 \pounds more meat each day every day of the year for the next twenty years, which stockmen must provide to keep the level of con- sumption at 150 pounds per person.
Looking at Canada alone Mr Manning said the forecast calls for an increase of 29 million people by
1980. “This means that if our live- stock consumption level is to be maintained, livestock production
must be sufficient to feed a millio: more people annually, approximate ly 150. million pounds of meat. To do that it has been estimated that a hog slaughter of some 16.2 millio: head will be needed by 1980 and cattle for beef totalling 4.2 million head”. These numbers are approxi. mately double the 1951-56 slaughter
Viewing the short-term outlook Mr. Manning said there is reasonable ground to forecast a good beef price for 1959, into 1960 and possibly 1961. The tendency te build up herds will
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likely continue another two years at Witt. Commenting on the hog picture, he was inclined to go along with the Depariment of Agriculture forecast
that marketings are to be around 21
to 25 per cent higher from January to June this year. The Department’s estimate of only a two per cent in- crease from “July to December may be low. An increase of possibly five
- to eight ‘percent over 1958 for that _period could be expected. With the |
price support for hogs on Western | markets at a level which does not
permit the movement of product ‘East at’ prevailing freight rates,
Eastern hog prices may be above sup port during periods of light market- ings unless the Board delivers stor- age pork in the East and pays a part of the cost.
The Last Laugh
That little things can sometimes influence the course of _ political events is shown in a report from Saigon, South Vietnam. 3
In 1953. when there was a great shortage of rich because of the war in Indochina, 200 tilapia fish were brought into 8. Vietnam from Thai- land under a United States’-aid pro- ject. Ten fishing stations were est- ablished, and the tilapia, which spawns every six months and ma- ‘tures quickly, soon were being dis- tributed to ponds on farms through- out the country. The fish proved to be an excellent thé hungry people who, of course, gave credit for the experiment to the Am: ,
This did not please the northern Communists at all. They, therefore, sent agents through 1out S. Vietnam, who tried to make the people believe that the fish caused sickness and They even gave sick per- sons some of the fish and then per- suaded them that the fish had caused their s The propaganda
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worked so well that by the middle of 1954 a majority of the people would not eat the tilapia or allow them to be raised on their farms. At this point, a counter-propa- ganda campaign was launched. - It
gained momentum when poor people, who had continued to eat the fish, despite the Communist propaganda,
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they could find nothing else,
failed to become sick as the Com- munists had claimed they would. To- day, tilapia is recognized as an im- port: conomiec: asset in S. Viet- nare¢ fficials have distributed neal » niillion of the fish.
The anti-Communists are having
the last laugh; for, persons once fooled by propaganda about the fish ne refuse to believe other Com-
munist-inspired rumougs about the dangers of using fertilizets. imported from America and other aid meas-
lesigned to increase production.
EDITORIAL NOTES
A Liberal proposal] for a distinct- ive nationa! flag for Canada has beer “talked out” in the House of Com mons—debated without coming to a vote during the one-hour period al- located for legislation proposed by t Now we can forget
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private memopers.
about it for the rest of the session
There are many more important matters to be discussed. * * +
Japan, the Netherland and Nor-
way have withdrawn from the Inter-
national Whaling Gonvention whicl
regulates whale catching in Antarc tic waters. There has been growing
dissatisfaction among whaling coun- tries With the operation of the quota system, which. restricts the total
number of whales caught in any one season.
> > a Church World Service, an auxi- liary of the National Council of
Churches in the United States, has contributed $140,000 to the cost of resettling 9,000 White Russians now living in Communist China. They will be moved through Hong Kong
to new homes in Australia, Latin America and other’ parts of ° the world. ” = * From authoritative sources in
London some details of the Cyprus agreement ‘circulation, the text of the compact will
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released for publication on Monday °
The Zurich plan provides for govern ment by two communal assemblies ind an over-all legislature in which the Greek Cypriot community will have 70 per cent of the seats and the Turkish Cypriots 30 per cent. And it is: reported that Archbishop Maka-
rios will likely be the’ first president
of the new republic, while the, vice- president will be a leading Turkish Cypriot. Tt looks like a triumph of
comprounhise.
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The Arctic Oil Rush
By Patrick Nicholson
which might erupt at any time The big international oi] com- panies, which have large invest- ments in those Arabian oilfields, are working on the presumption they have two years of peace there remaining ahead of them, in which to recover as much as possible from their local investments. After that, they ex- pect to have too look elsewhere for their supplies of oil. Those petroleum giants are hedging
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heard “around Ottawa jubilantly endorsing Canadians’ faith inthe | Diefenbaker vision” of North ern deve.opment On St. Valentine's Day; Hon Alivin Hamilton, our Minister of Northern Affairs and National Re- sources, spread the good news | that yspectors had already “stakeli thei claims to ol and |} @as rights in our Arctic over an | area of fifty: million acres This seasational oil rush be gan late in January. After total | ling 51,442,000 acres, up to St } Valentine's Day t a new peak on the next working day when further ums added an other twenty-five mill the area blocked. off. One pros- ‘pector even Hamilton from New York ‘City, | to apply for your Arctic Is | lands.” He evidently was not aware at they. include no less | than eighteen islands each larg er than our smallest Province Prince Edward Island There can of course be neo | Pacing off of aims on. our snow-covered Arctic ands; ne cutting of trees to make corner markings in our treeless bar- rens. Today's stakers are mail-
order prospectors, each t decision with swb- sums to be spent on sur- veys, tests and development with- in the next few years MILLIONS MUST BE RIGHT
Last year, a sensation was caused when areas larger than the known Alberta oilficlds were Staked in the Yukon Yet this Arctic Oil Rush could cover is- lands and the surrounding under- water ‘‘continental shelf” total ling three t imes, the whole area of Alberta
There is a dramatic story be- hind this new oil rush, a story to fill Canadtans with confidence in our country’s future, although alas that promise for tomorrow does not fill the empty dinner plate of today’s unfortunate job less
The story is this greatest and most known source of oil, in the Ara! lands, lies in the No Man’s Lan e between Communist Boss Khru chev and Egyptian Dictator N: ser ineasily calm volcanoe
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Sir,—I cannot help but to “Farmer's Wife's” letter ap- pearing in Friday's Guardian, if only to point out that many stores in+ Charlottetown, including our own, do maintain restrooms for the use of our country customers who are welcome to use these
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n or upheaval in the Middle East by staking out the possible oil riches in our Arctic, which may soon become the main sup- ply for ofl-hungry Western Eur- ope through the use of mammoth atom-powered submarine tank-
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on acres te |GEORGE HEES ASSISTS
A great fillup te the interest
‘elephoned to Alvin | of British, American and other
foreign ol! companies in Canada was given by the very important and. widely livered by Hon. George Hees, our Minister of Transport, to the Can-
“| “Vision.” He explained how our
adian Society in New York City three weeks ago.
In that speech, Mr. Hees filled in - as had never before béen done for an American audience the details of the Diefenbaker
economy is surging and our de- termination is strengthening; he described how the Diefenbaker Government will foster pivate enterprise and assist the devel- opment of our rich natural re- sou ~He laid at rest the fears which foreigners had felt about the difficuulties. of our Arctic climate and the uncertainties of our Government's policies. Above all, Mr. Hees killed the hesita- tion felt by priyate investors ever since the Borden Commission on Energy proposed that the gov- | ernment should regulate and {omit profits
The Diefenbaker Government, Mr. Hees promised, recognizes the right of private enterprise to
earn a profit commensurate with | |a fair return for effort expend. | ed «and money invested | It was certainly no coincidence that our Arctic O#] Rush hit a new peak just after Mr. Hees | delivered that timely and signi- | ficou speech. And so it is that in justification of our nation- |
reported speech de al opumism.- we hear here the! per footwear is worn.
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Macmillan’s Moscow Visit
By Ed Simons
Canadian Press Staff
' Prime Minister Macmillan's ef- forts to play down the signifie-
jance of his trip to Russia have ibeen thwarted by events beyond | his control.
Even at the outset, the pres- ence of a British,prime minister
in Moscow carried an impact | that his own disclaimers could not obscure. The West. increas-
|ingly weary of the cold war, was lready to pin- its hopes for peace ‘on its highvanking envoy.
The iliness of State Secretary
| Dulles has greatly increased the
| candlepower
of the unwelcome
| limelight in which the prime min-
ister finds himsef. In the ab-_ sence of a qualified replacement from “Washington, MacMillan
lemerges inevitably as the lead- ‘ing policy-maker ef tne Western
world AN EYE TO WASHINGTON Vainly the prime minister pro-
tested before hus departure that
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facilities every time they visit the |
city
I for one merchant in the city, feel that it is very unfortunate that. the impression has - been created. in the minds of some | of our country neighbors that we do not appreciate, even if we | want and need, the financial sup- port given us by our farmers.
Although I cannot speak for all the merchants, and maybe should not speak for any but ourselves, I feel safe in saying that the merchants of this city do appre- ciate patronage of their country customers, will do anything with- assist
in reason to help and them,. and would welcom sug- gestions on how they can ake it more conveniert for our ->un- try people te shop. The next time that you come to town ‘trop in and vish the heads of ‘hese firms and give them your sug- gestions I-am Sir, etc. ALAN H. HOLMAN President, R.T. Holman Lad. a \
his purpose is ‘‘not to negotiate but rather to try to break the ice and get some feeling or the general situation before the next stages.” His exploratory mission
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resemblance to summit conference. , Maomillan’s burd en ‘is in-
‘lereased further by the certain
knowledge that his pre-eminence is temporary.Either Dulles will return to his duties or, in time, another secretary of state will fill the vacuum.
In the long run, the West must return to the United States for
be wrong.” a | Writer
ite leadership, regardless of the
personal qualifications of the.
men involved. Macmillan may |
use his diplomatic skill and per- suasive gifts to convince his Al- lies of the wisdom of a policy. But the final decisions must be made in Washington
Macmillan’s mandate to make binding agreements for the Wes! is also qualified by the know- ledze that his position at home depends on the genera! election
that st be fought within the next 44 months. There are broad areas of agreement in foreign
policy between the Conservative and Labor parties but there are also vital differences. DULLES’ SCOPE LIMITED Similar considerations limit the authority of Dulles, particularly # his convalescence proves to be prolonged. With a presidential election due in November, 1960, his time, too, is running out.
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Chances are that this person with this socalled “hidden” disease is overweight and might
in the family. Some 90 per cent of the diabetics who seek medic- al treatment are .everweight— many of them considerably over- weight.
CHANCES OF INHERITING
As for heredity, you are more likely to be diabetic if both par- ents had the disease than if only one had it.
This unsuspecting diabetic real- ly should be aware of his trouble, since he probably has many sym- ptoms which plainly point to dia- betes, or at least to some kind of physical trouble.
Chances are he feels tired and denerally weak most of the time, and maybe he has a sore, abscess | or slow-healing wound.
OTHER SYMPPTOMS?
Loss of weight and itching are other sympptoms.. And, of cour- se. excessive thirst often becom- ses one of the most obvious signs of al! i
Now, what is the outlook for these diabetics who don't know they have the disease? It is very favorable. if they can be alerted | to comact a doctor quickly.
Although. the life expentancy of | a diabetie.generally is a bit less | than that, of a. non-diabetic. the | use of fast in and a better under- standing af the mechanism of the disease have improved the out look greatly.
QUESTION -AND ANSWER
Mrs. A M.: Are concrete er cement floors bad for the legs and health?
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OUR YESTERDAYS
(From The Guardian Files)
TWIATY -FIVE YEARS AGO ~ “(Feb. 23, 1934)
The members of the City Coun cil and of the Charlottetown Pub lie Library met in consultation with Miss Nora Bateson. director of the Carnegie Library Demon
‘alcohol, ‘that muffles people's °
‘ume as he continues drinking—
‘cede male moral. Chances at birth it a. woman |.
quiz show identified Nova Scotia
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They certainly do, but blame the
heering minutes after they dowa & hooker. The. drinker | ro’ -* b's voice in pitch and vol-
acces the usual hdbbub.— Toronto Telegram
Kissing always was popular? The romantic kiss became the fashion in Europe only around 1400 AD. Jacob kissed Rachel, the Bible says, but hardly any- where* in the Orient is a kiss considered decent. The Eskimos still rub noses instead.—Toronto Telegram
Big ranches are a part of the Abelrta story. Yet. in recent years, the cattle mart has been served more and more by cat- tle from the smaller producers who each contribute a few head to the large total. No doubt this has been accelerated by recent high prices for cattle, a situa- tion brought about to a great-ex-:) tent by the high U. S. demand. —Calgary Herald
One may excuse the contest- agt who, on the Johnny Carson
as being ‘‘the largest seaport on the West Coast of Canada.” Am- ericans have always been hazy about Canadian geography, and vice versa, In any casee, what's 2.500 miles between friends? But statesmen are something differ- ent. On ‘the same New York show, contestants were asked: In
what vear was John Diefenbaker |
elected Prime Minister of Can- ada? One declared it was in 1802:
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another, in 1900. We should hope
to think Canadians would do a |
shade better if asked to say when Dwight D. Eisenhower was
elected President of the United |
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duly elected the head of the house.—London Fre Press
Inflation in 1958 reached new
highs in various parts of the world, The price of a wife in the
Kuku tribe of Africa, for example, _
rose from one to three cows.—Iit« — chener-Waterloo Record
A Toronto hotel refused agcom- modation to a woman. who insist . ed that her poodle be admitted © with her. “It isn’t clear which-
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they were keeping out.—Ottawa Journal :
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The nurse gave the man a ton gue-lashing when she found him sitting fully dressed in the hall- way of p hospital at Lexingtoa, Kentucky, the other day. Indig- nantly, she told him he was sup posed to stay in bed. The man waited patiently until she was~ through, then quietly explained that his twin brother. still was in the hospital bed upstairs.—Cape Breton Post
Six pairs of Canada geese have been sent to the zoo at Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, through the good offices of the Northern Affairs Department. This, we would like to think, should help international relations but we wish someone had been able to give the zeese a little brain washing before they left.—Ottawa_ Journal
A shop assistant becas tired of his work and gave it ug te join the police, as a speed cop. Ask- @d some {weeks later wha he thought of his new occupation the man fréplied that the pay was good and the hours were satisfac- tory, but what he liked best was that the customer was always wrong.—Hamilton Spectator.
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stration in P. E. I. Miss Bate son explained the position of | conducting a library branch in Charlottetown in conjunctién with | the present library: The matter |
| will be given further considera- | | tion by the Council.
An illustrated lecture on the Maritime Provinces with about 150 colored lanter slides. was giv- en yesterday morning in the Strand Theatre by Mr. J. M. Humphrey of Vancouver. to the pupils of the City schools. The
count. of the places of interest | and the economic development of each of the Provinces.
TEN YEARS AGO (Feb. 23, 1949)
Even if another Republican suc- ,ceeds President Eisenhower. he ‘is unlikely to retain the ailing | old warrior as his secretary of | state.
All these factors underline the | lotic of Macmillan’s modest ap- | proach to his Moscow mission. But it is not logic that directs the world’s gaze on the closed door of the Kremlin Conference chamber.
Hugh Gaitskell, Britain's Op- position leader, echoed Western hopes in his parting message to the prime minister
Tt was “God-speed.”
Boosting The Potato
Ottawa Journal
We nominate the potato’ indus- | try of Canada and the Unjted Stat- 'es for having conducted one of the most aggressive and _ skil- fully - conducted campaigns of many a long year. For the past two or three decades, the potato | has-been a much-maligned ve— getable, branded by nutritionists and dietitians of an earlier day as starchy and fattening. This led to reduced consumption. Today, through their associations, the potato-growers are striking -ack.
Specialists in e nutrition field, not only in, Canada’ and the United States but in France and Britain also have come up with the finding that the potato is not fattening. True, they qual- ify their pronouncement by say- ing that potatoes fried in deep fat. potatoes swimming in melted butter, and a baked potato with a huge blob of butter where* the skin has been\cut open, can im deed be fattening. But the po tato as such is innocent.
The potato men were not con- tent to rest on their laurels. Not only is the potato not fattening. they say, but — backed by some noted experts—may well be help- ‘ful in cutting down the incidence of heart disease. Potatoes, a pro- minent nutritionist said last week in Montreal, contain a high pro- portion of potassium, an element essential to a healthy heart con- dition. They also are rich ‘n es- sential vitamins, iron and niacin.
For years now, the potato has been under a cloud. Now it seems to be coming into its own again. Up the Potato!
RECAPTURE JUVENILES
MONTREAL ‘CP)—Three juve- niles were taken into custody early Friday after a wild mile- and:a-half chase in which seven shots were fired -by police. Police said the boys, one 14, the others 15, escaped from a boys’ deten- tion home and stole a car a few blocks away.
The work of appraising pro- perty valuations in the area on) the site of the proposed new Do- | minion Building in Charlottetown | has commenced. The appraisers | are Messrs. P. S. Bradley and | Gilbert Gaudet. Appraisals “being made.on the basis of the current market value of each in- dividual property concerned.
A very enjoyable evening was spent last night at the Charlotte. |
town Hotel as the Kiwanis | Club observed Ladies Night. Dr. Kent Irwin presided, and the
guests were welcomed by club president, Leo F. MacDonald.
The sing-song was led by Mr. Percy Gay.
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